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No. 609,892. Patented Aug. 30, |898. M. E. MANIRE T. H000.

"PLOW BAB PROTECTOR.

(Application filed July 7, 1897.)

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UNTTEDE STATES PATENT MOSES E. MANIRE AND THOMAS HOOD, OF NORMAN,OKLAHOMA TERRI- TORY; SAID MANIRE ASSIGN OR `OF HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM H.SNOIV AND WARREN T. MAYFIELD, AND SAID HOOD ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO JERRY MOOARTHY, OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW-BAR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,892, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed July '7, 1897. Serial No. 643,730. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that we, MOSES E. MANIRE and THOMAS HOOD, residing at Norman,in the county of Cleveland and Territory of Okla-` homa, have invented anew and useful Plow- Bar Protector, of which the following is aspecication. This invention relates to improvements in plows, and hasfor its object to provide a barprotector for the heel of the plow whichsaves said heel against wear. As is well known to all plowmen, the baris the portion to be first worn away, as when the handles are depressedthe entire weight of the plow is thrown on the bar, and more especiallythe heel thereof.

Our improved protector is of exceedingly simple construction, beingeither of soft iron, cast-iron, or steel, and requires but littlealteration in any plow-bar in order to equip it with the protector, andwhen onceappled requires no further attention.

In the drawings herewith forming part of this specification, in whichlike parts are indicated by similar letters of reference, Figure l is aperspective view of a plow equipped with our improved bar-protector.Fig.` 2 is a perspective view of the protector detached.` Fig. 3 is asectional View on line a: of Fig. 2."

In the construction of our improved barprotector we provide a metal shoeor casing A, having a bottom B, side walls O, and a rear end wall D, thecasing being without topv and having the side walls C sloping downwardlytoward the open or forward end of the casing. Formed upon the inner sidewall there is provided an upwardly-projected tongue E, having ascrew-threaded bolt-aperture F and provided with a screw-threaded bolt Gfor securing said tongue rigidly to the bar of the plow by said boltbeing passed through an 4aperture provided in said bar.

In order that there may be no downwardlyprojecting shoulder formed atthe forward end of the protector, the bottom of same is beveled, asshown at H,`so that practically the bottom surface of the bar andprotector is as smooth as though the bar was not rein-.. forced.

The side walls O are separated only sufficiently to permit the closefitting between them of the bar K, so as to prevent any lateral movementof the protector.

The drawings herewith exhibit plainly the character and object of ourAdevice; but we may modify the same by providing a plurality of thetongues E,with corresponding bolts and apertures therefor in the bar, orwe may provide said tongues on both walls O, or in lieuof the tongues wemay construct the side walls C of a height equal to that of the bar K,the bolts being passed through both walls, being provided with roundedcountersunken heads and secured by nuts bearing upon the outer surfaceof the inner wall. The number of bolts would of course be proportionedto the length of the bar, those in large plows being of considerablelength. Our principle in each of said constructions is, however, thesame, being a shoe or protector upon the rearward end of the bar,protecting the same from the scouring action of the ground.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by means of Letters Patent, is l. A plow-bar protector comprisinga metal shoe formed with a bottom and side walls adapted to embrace thebottom and sides of a plow-bar, an end wall for said shoe, and aforwardly-inclined bottom in the open end of same, and means forfastening the said shoe to the plow-bar, substantially as described.

2. A plow-bar protector comprising a shoe formed of a single piece ofmaterial having side walls adapted to embrace the side walls of theplow-bar, an end wall, a bottom having its forward surface beveled, andan upwardlyfextending lug formed on one of the said side walls having anaperture for the reception of a bolt, whereby the same is secured to theplow-bar, substantially as shown and described.

MOSES E. MANIRE. THOMAS HOOD. Witnesses:

W. L. OHOATE, A. J. MITCHELL.

